“The silver background of Double Elvis (Ferus Type), along with the subtle variations in tone give the serial imagery a sense of rhythmic variation that recalls the artist’s masterpiece, 200 One Dollar Bills completed the previous year,” Sotheby’s said in a statement.

That work soared to nearly $53 million or four times its estimate in 2009, when the art market was reeling from the financial crisis that struck in 2008. It was the highlight of the season, and achieved the highest price of any work at the fall auctions.

In the Double Elvis work, Presley is dressed as a cowboy, shooting a gun. Sotheby’s described him in the work “a Hollywood icon of the sixties rather than the rebellious singer who shook the world of music in the sixties.”

The double in the title refers to a shadowy image of Presley in the same pose that appears next to him in the work.

I read an article on me once that described my machine-method of silk-screen copying and painting:‘What a bold and audacious solution, what depths of the man are revealed in this solution!’
What does that mean?

It seems that tribute bands are all the rage at the moment, either because the real ones can’t play live (anymore) or they won’t come to where you live. Add to this the nostalgia trip of seeing and hearing Sinatra, Elvis or Pink Floyd in 2010 and it’s a very attractive offer.

Here are three videos (of thousands, perhaps), of bands covering The Beatles:

1. from a Korean comedy show named ‘Infinity Challenge’ (무한도전 Mu-han-do-jun) – thanks to user beatlejo1 at YouTube for that information – an unnamed cover band having a bit of fun😉